CARABAO CUP AFTERMATH(PART 2)

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Shkodran Mustafi is the first Arsenal player to score an own goal in a League Cup match since Calum Chambers in September 2015 against Tottenham Hotspur.

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)


Since the start of last season, Lucas Torreira is the only visiting player to score more than once at Anfield against Liverpool in all competitions (two goals).

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)


Gabriel Martinelli has scored in all four of his starts for Arsenal in all competitions, netting six goals in total. The 18-year-old Brazilian is the top scoring teenager for a top-five European league club this season, netting seven goals in just seven appearances in all competitions

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)


Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first game in charge on December 22nd, Manchester United have taken more penalties (17) and scored more penalties (12) than any other Premier League team in all competitions.

#CHEMUN(1-2 FT)


The last three occasions an away team has scored 4+ goals at Anfield have all been achieved by Arsenal (also 6-3 in January 2007 and 4-4 in April 2009)

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)


No Premier League player has scored more goals from outside the box in all competitions this season than Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (three goals).

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Liverpool have conceded five goals in a home match for only the second time in the last 66 years, with the other also coming against Arsenal in a 6-3 defeat in the League Cup in January 2007.

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)


This is only the fifth match in League Cup history to see both teams score 5+ goals, and the first since a 6-6 draw between Dagenham & Redbridge and Brentford in August 2014.

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)


Liverpool have won eight penalty shootouts in the League Cup - more than any other team in the competition's history.

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)


Liverpool vs Arsenal is the highest scoring fixture in the history of the League Cup, with 47 goals scored in the 15 meetings between the sides. .

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)


Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has scored five goals against Chelsea across all competitions; his most against a single opponent in his club career

#CHEMUN(1-2 FT)


Liverpool versus Arsenal is the highest scoring fixture in the history of the League Cup, with 47 goals scored in the 15 meetings between the sides.

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)


Chelsea have lost three games at Stamford Bridge in all competitions in 2019-20, one more than they did in the whole of the 2018-19 campaign (two).

#CHEMUN(1-2 FT)


Manchester United have recorded back-to-back away wins at Chelsea for the first time since February 1998.

#CHEMUN(1-2 FT)


Marcus Rashford's career record against the Premier league 'Big Six':

⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ vs. Chelsea
⚽️⚽️⚽️ vs. Liverpool
⚽️⚽️ vs. Arsenal
⚽️⚽️ vs. Man City
⚽️ vs. Tottenham

#CHEMUN(1-2 FT)


Neco Shay Williams made more tackles (4) and completed more take-ons (3) than any other Liverpool player vs. Arsenal. The 18-year-old who was only playing his first senior game for the Reds also assisted Divock Origi's 90th minute.

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)



This is the first time 10 goals have been scored in a match between Arsenal and Liverpool in the fixture's history.

#LIVARS(5-5 FT, Liverpool won 5-4 on penalties)

Nicowizzy's Stand out performers

Gabriel Martinelli
Divock Origi
Marcus Rashford
Neco Williams
Mesut Ozil
Rhian Brewster

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